Cabinet-bath.



PATENTED AUG. 22, 1905.

A. A VEREL CABINET BATH.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.13,1903.

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CABINET-BATH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1905.

Application filed August 18, 1903. Serial No, 169,359.

T0 at whom it HY/CU] concern.-

Be it known that I, ALPHONSO ANTHONY VEREL, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain and Ireland, and a resident of Glasgow, Scotland, (whosepostal address is 179 West George street, Glasgow, Scotland,) haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements Connected withCabinet-Baths, for which application for British Patent No. 1,625, datedJanuary 23, 1903, has been made,.and of which the l'ollowing is aspecification.

My said invention relates to what are known as cabinet-baths, and hasfor its object to improve the construction of such baths, and especiallythe parts relating to the heating thereof, so that while practicallyretaining the advantages of using the heater within the bath thepossibility of danger by fire is minimized, and the products ofcombustion may at the same time, if desired, be taken off without comingin contact with the body of the user.

In order that my said invention may be fully understood, I hereuntoappend a sheet of explanatory drawings to be hereinafter referred to indescribing the improvements.

Figures 1, 2, and 3 of the drawing are respectively a longitudinalvertical section, a sectional plan, and a transverse vertical section ofa cabinet-bath as made with my improvements. Figs. A, 5, and 6 arerespectively a side elevation, a plan, and a front elevation of a detailin connection therewith. Fig. 7 is a side vertical section, and Fig. 8 afront elevation of a modification of a hood connected with the bath.

In the drawings the same reference-letters are used to mark the same orlike parts.

In carrying out my invention in the case of a fixed or non-collapsiblebath, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the bath-cabinet A is made with araised floor or bottom, which is divided into three portions B, B and B.The portion of floor B is formed of a removable grating B", underneathwhich a hood C is inserted. This hood is preferably of rectangular formand is divided by a bailie projection or partition G into two parts,which may be termed,

, 1.1. t, a u. respect1vely,a burner-space(/ anda fluespaee l, acommunicating opening O" being formed between the two spaces at thebattle partition. The burner space O is formed with an upper opening O,which can be closed by a lid O, and it is also furnished with an inletat the back to fit over a corresponding opening A in the back wall A ofthe bath A, these inlets being arranged to permit of the insertion of asuitable heating appliance, preferably, as shown, in the form of anordinary Bunsen gas burner I) and for the admission of air direct to theburner. The regulating-tap D for the burner is fitted inside the bath,so that it can thus be conveniently operated by the user. The flue-spaceO is provided with .an outlet O at the front, to which may be attached aflexible or other suitable pipe C. The hood-piece G is attached at itsinlet end to a metal protecting-plate G, secured to the back wall A ofthe bath, the plate and hood being fixed to each other by means ofinterlocking grooves G, so as to make a tight joint, or the parts may befixed in any other convenient way. A seat H, preferably covered withcork or other suitable non-conducting material, is attached to crossbarsH, arranged to rest and slide on brackets H fixed to the sides of thebath A, several sets of these brackets being provided, so as to enablethe seat to be conveniently adjusted to different heights whennecessary.

When the burner D is lighted, the heat which is gradually set up in thebath is solely a pure dry heat, which is radiated from the hood-piece C,as the products of combustion cannot enter the bath and therefore do notcome in contact with the body of the user. The floor arrangement is alsoextremely advantageous during the heating process, as the sides of thecentral portion beneath the grating containing the hood-piece C tend toprevent the heated air from spreading at the bottom, and hence direct itonto the body of the bather. The products of combustion instead ofpassing from the burner-space G into the bath pass through thecommunicating opening G into the tiue-space O Where they travel alongand give off heat till they are expelled through the outlet-nozzle O atthe front. The pipe O", attached to the nozzle, instead of being ledstraight out, as shown, may be led round the inside of the bath to asuitable extent before being carried to the outside, thereby increasingthe heating-surface to some extent. In some cases where the raised-floorarrangement is not convenient a stool J, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6,may be provided over the hood-piece C, so as to form a warmer and restfor the feet, the stool being preferably formed with a sparred orgratinglike top J and iitting saddle-wise over the hood-piece.

In Figs. 7 and 8 a simpler form of hoodpiece is shown, consisting onlyof a burnerspace G which is closed at the front preferably by means of asliding door K, so that the burner D or other heating appliance used canthus he entered either from the back or the front, the hood 0 beingprovided with openings C for the escape into the interior of the bath ofthe air heated in its passage over the burner, the products ofcombustion also passing through into the bath-cabinet in this particularconstruction. Another arrangement of this short type of hood-piece C maybe employed, if desired, the variations in the parts being slight andconfined to the inlet-fitting at the back. In this case a short air-pipeportion is fitted to the back part of the burnerspace C the outer end ofthe pipe then fitting into a corresponding opening in the back wall ofthe bath. lVith this form of hood-piece the burner D is entered at thefront, as the airpipe, which may be of circular section, is only madelarge enough to pass in the necessary quantity of air.

When it is desired to produce aqueous vapor within the hathA, thefollowing arrangement is adopted: An open pan L, containing water, isinserted into the upper opening C of the hood-pieceC immediately overthe burner D, as shown in Fig. 7, afiange L being formed round the mouthof the pan, so as to allow it to rest on the top of the hood piece. Thewater is thus vaporized as required by the heat from the burner Dunderneath the pan L. If it is desired that the aqueous vapor thusproduced should be medicated or perfumed, a small open pot M, containingthe medicament or perfume, is suspended in the pan L from a bar M,formed across the mouth of the pan. The medicament thus becomesvaporized as required by the action of the heated water on the pot M,which dips well down into the water. A most efiicient and advantageousmethod of medication is thus provided, as the medicament or perfume 1skept out of contact wlth the water, while a free ascent is also allowedfor the vapor. The pan L and pot M, although shown only in connectionwith the short hood-piece illustrated in Fig. 7, are equally applicableto the long type of hoodpiece shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

The improvements as hereinbefore described may also he appliedinconnection with ordinary folding portable cabinet-baths.

What I claim as my invention is-- 1. A bath-cabinet having a raisedfloor consisting of two closed side spaces, and an open central spacefitted with a detachable grating, a hood-piece within the central spaceand comprisinga burner and flue space, a lidded opening on thehood-piece over the burner-space, a removable pan for such opening, aninlet part on the burner-space jointed or fitted to a correspondingopening in the wall of the cabinet, and a burner or heating appliancearranged within the burner-space of the hood,- piece.

2. A bath-cabinet having a raised floor consisting of two closed sidespaces, and an open central space fitted with adetachable grating, ahood-piece within the central space and comprising a burner and fluespace, alidded opening on the hood-piece over the burner-space, aremovable pan for such opening, an inlet part on the burner-spacejointed or fitted to a corresponding opening in the wall of the cabinet,a baflic partition and a communicating opening formed between the burnerand fiue spaces,an outlet-nozzle on the flue-space, a pipe having oneend fitted to the nozzle and the other end carried to the outside of thebath, and a burner or heating appliance arranged within the burner-spaceof the hood-piece.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALPHONSO ANTHONY viinEL.

WVitnesses:

DAVID FEReUsoN, GEORGE PATTERSON.

